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1、TheStrategicUseofMultipleNarrativeVoicesinToniMorrison’sTheBluestEyeGracielaLópezLópezJulio2009TheStrategicUseofMultipleNarrativeVoicesinToniMorrison’sTheBluestEyeTheintentionofthispaperistoexaminethestrategicuseofdifferentnarrativevoicesinToniMorrison’snovelTheBluestEye.Thestructureofthenovelis
2、polyphonic;itinvolvesamyriadofnarrativevoicesthatincludeClaudiaMacTeerasachild,ClaudiaMacTeerasareflectiveadult,somefirstpersonnarrationfromPecola’smother,Pauline,andsomenarrationfromanomniscientvoice.Withinthesenarrativevoiceswe,asreaders,arealsoinvitedtohear,amongothers,threeprostitute’sstorie
3、soflostlove,aconversationbetweenSoapheadandGodinanepistolaryreflectionandPecola’sdialoguewithanimaginaryfriendaftershehaslosthermindAswedelveintothenovel,wewilltrytoestablishinwhatwaysthedifferentnarrativevoicesservedifferentpurposesinconveyingmeaning.Wewillalsotrytoexploretheunfoldingofthemajor
4、thematicknotsthroughtheperspectivespresentedbythedifferentvoices.Ouranalysisofthemultiplenarrativevoiceswilltrytoillustratethedifferentmodesofinterrogationofmemory,therelevanceoffolkcultureandoraltradition,therolelanguageplaysindevelopingminorities’consciousnessandhowthisconsciousnessresistsamon
5、olithiccategorization:afactthatisskillfullyexemplifiedbytheuseoftheverydiversenarrativevoicesinthenovel.Matus(1998:3)allegesthatToniMorrison’sfictionurgesthereadertoseethatidentitiesareneverbuiltindividuallybutare“constructedtemporally,relationallyandsocially”Matus,JToniMorrison.ContemporaryWorl
6、dWriters.ManchesterUniversityPress1998.ThereforeacompellingcharacteristicofTheBluestEyewillbethefactthatthetransmissionofPecola’straumaticexperienceandPecola’sexperienceitselfresistasinglepointofviewandinvolvetheindividual,thefamily,thecommunity,theculturalideals,theendorsementofsuchidealsandthe
7、traumasofhistory.TheBluestEyeisanarrativethattellsthestoryofPecolaBreedlove,anAfrican-Americanchildwhoismarginalizedbyhercommunityandthelargersociety.Pecola’sstoryintersectsandcontrastswiththatofClaudia’s,whowillbethenovel’s